Bridging the gap between the economic evaluation literature and daily practice in occupational health: A qualitative study among decision-makers in the healthcare sector

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  van Dongen, Johanna M ^a,b   Tompa, Emile ^c,d,e   Clune, Laurie ^f   Sarnocinska Hart, Anna ^c   Bongers, Paulien M ^a,g   van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,b   van der Beek, Allard J ^a   van Wier, Marieke F ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^g TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making process; Evidence based practice; Information needs; Interventions; Occupational health and safety

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ACCREDITATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84878353118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-57     Document Type: Article

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